Radical Equations by Bob Moses

RADICAL EQUATIONS: CIVIL RIGHTS FROM MISSISSIPPI TO THE ALGEBRA PROJECT
by Robert P. (Bob) Moses with Charles E. Cobb, JR.
January 2001, Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts

* Named a 2001 Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal *

From the publisher:

“Bob Moses’ work to organize Black voters in Mississippi in the early 1960’s famously transformed the political power of communities. Nearly forty years later, Moses is organizing again, this time as founder of the national math literacy program called the Algebra Project. Through personal narrative and impassioned argument, Moses teaches the lessons of the civil rights era and shows them at work in a remarkable movement today, where students are demanding math literacy education as key to economic and civic equality.”

“Before anyone in Congress or the White House says another word about education reform, they owe themselves a few hours with Moses’ new book. Moses cuts through cant and phony debates with the serene urgency of someone who risked his life in the civil rights revolution.”
E.J. Dionne, The Washington Post

“If Chapter One of Moses’ Mississippi odyssey was about voting, Chapter 2 is about algebra. They merge in….Radical Equations. The themes—equality, empowerment, citizenship—ripple through like ribbons, tying the two experiences in the same long-term struggle.”
Jodi Wilgoren, The New York Times

“Bob Moses, one of the most important voices in the civil rights movement, is now on the creative edge of leadership again. He shows us why math literacy for all children is a key step in the ongoing fight for equal citizenship.”
Marian Wright Edelman, president, Children’s Defense Fund

“This is the definitive book on one of the most important projects of youth empowerment and citizenship of our times.”
Cornel West

Available through Beacon Press #3127-5 / $16.00 / paperback, as well as other bookstores large and small.